The Urban Poor of Puerto Rico: a Study in Development and InequalityStudies Los Peloteros, a San Juan shantytown, noting migration patterns, kinship structure, culture, social relationships, economic conditions, and the effects of urban renewal |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Jobs and Other Sources of Income | 20 |
Family and Kinship | 36 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Urban Poor of Puerto Rico: a Study in Development and Inequality Case studies in cultural anthropology |
| Author | Helen Icken Safa |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1974 |
| Original from | University of Texas |
| Digitized | Jun 27, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0030853605, 9780030853609 |
| Length | 116 pages |
| Subjects | › Social Science / General |
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